Re: Do NOT get a spinal cord stimulator
Posted by jo ann on 10/03/11
On 10/02/11, Michele Minieri wrote: > After reading your post, I feel KINDA lucky, I had a Spinal > Cord Stimulator put in at Johns Hopkins University on July 15, > 2010, immediately i knew something was wrong, I had a muscle > bulging out of my back where the paddle lead was mal-placed. I > was in extreme pain and asked my doctor to remove it > immediately, he to refused. Saying "I had a Cadillac in my > rump" i.e. expensive equipment. He also put in the battery > pack too low in my rump, therefore i sit on it everyday in > pain. I finally found a doctor, after going to 5 > Neurosurgeons, who refused to touch it, to get it removed on > September 23, 2011. Over a year later. IF YOU DONT HAVE ONE > DO NOT GET ONE. They cause more pain than they are worth. I > want to sue my doctors from Hopkins and don't know where to > begin. I feel your pain and pray you find relief soon. I am 7 > days post op, still in pain in both areas. Thank God its out > though finally. I can feel some difference. Now please pray > that it heals properly inside and out. Any attorneys in > Maryland who want to help me sue Hopkins, contact me PLEASE.
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- Re: additional injuries caused by spinal cord stimulator, 6/07/11, by laurie Quinn.
- Re: additional injuries caused by spinal cord stimulator, 6/16/11, by A Larson.
- Re: additional injuries caused by spinal cord stimulator, 7/30/11, by jay.
- Re: additional injuries caused by spinal cord stimulator, 9/05/11, by robert l seal.
- Re: Do NOT get a spinal cord stimulator, 10/02/11, by Michele Minieri.
- Re: Do NOT get a spinal cord stimulator, 10/03/11, by jo ann.
- Re: additional injuries caused by spinal cord stimulator, 10/19/11, by Oscar Toledo.
- Re: additional injuries caused by spinal cord stimulator, 10/27/11, by Harold.
- Re: additional injuries caused by spinal cord stimulator, 11/14/11, by jo ann.
- Re: additional injuries caused by spinal cord stimulator, 4/06/12, by Kim Justice.
- Re: additional injuries caused by spinal cord stimulator, 5/31/12, by Danielle .
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- Re: additional injuries caused by spinal cord stimulator, 9/29/12, by michelle mcreynolds.
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- Re: additional injuries caused by spinal cord stimulator, 2/15/13, by Rose M Bare.
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- Re: additional injuries caused by spinal cord stimulator, 3/10/13, by Kelly.
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